The Revolution Will Be Twittered

Editor’s shameless plug: Follow AllHipHop.com at http://twitter.com/allhiphopcomForget CNN, Fox News or even BBC. People are turning to Twitter to find out what is going on in Iran. Since the June 12th presidential elections resulted in what many consider to be the rigged re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, citizens of Iran have taken to the streets […]

Street Knowledge Vs. College?

“F**k College; I’m about street knowledge,” a friend once said to me. I smiled, nodding approvingly, before adding: “I feel you, man..” We exchanged daps, unifying our indifference to higher education.. Soon after, the conversation dissolved into something less meaningful. That was two years ago, at a lunch table. Today, things have considerably changed. While […]

Wake Up, Mr. West!

“Read a book! Read a book! Read a muh’f**kin book!/  Read a book! Read a book! Read a muh’f**kin book!/  … Not a sports page (what), not a magazine (who)/  But a book ni**a, a f**kin book ni**a/” — G-Mike, “Read A Book,” Unthugged Vol. 2, 2007. “… I read one-fourth of the Library of […]